Phonograph record rack



Z c. R. BuRGo PHoNoGRAPH REcoRD RAcx Flled oct 5 1955 March 4, 1958 IUnited tates Patent O PHONOGRAPH RECORD RACK Charles R. Burgo, Billings,Mont.

Application October 5, 1953, Serial No. 384,075

2 Clams. (Cl. 211-40) separator construction for the records which iscom-.

posed of an endless flexible member laced through openings in the baseand back portions of the rack and wherein the flexible member isarranged to form front and rear partitions or separators foraccommodating records of different sizes.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive inappearance, which afords effective protection from injury to the recordswhen placing the same in the rack and removing the records therefrom andwhich is otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same isintended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Fgure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the arrangement ofthe lacing to form the fi'ont and rear partition or separator.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustran'on I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the inventon,the numeral 5 designates the rack generally and which is composed of apair of rectangular shaped rigid members 6 and 7 which are cemented,nailed or otherwise suitably secured at right angles to each other toform a base member and a back member. A pair of end members 8constructed of quarter circular shape are cemented or otherwise sutablysecured to the members 6 and 7 to close the ends of the rack.

The base member 6 is formed with a front row of openings 9 and a rearrow of openings 10 and the back member 7 is formed with an upper row ofopenings 11 and the lower row of openings 12.

A flexible member 13 which may be of cord or other suitable fiexiblematerial is laced through the openings 9, 10, 11 and 12 in thearrangement as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings to providea front group of partitions or separators 14 arranged parallel to eachother and extending from the row of openings 9 to the row of openings 11and to provide a rear group of parti- ICC tions or separators ofrelatively shorter length and which are likewise arranged in spacedparallel relation to each other and extend between the row of openings10 and the row of openings 12. Phonograph records 16 are adapted forplacing in the rack between the front and rear groups of partitions orseparators 14 and 15 to support the records edgewise in the rack andseparated from each other by the partitions or separators to preventdamage to the records when placing the same in the rack or removing therecords therefrom.

Strips of material 17 are cemented or otherwise suitably secured to theouter surface of member 6 adjacent the longitudinal edges of the latterand similar strips 18 are also secured to the outer surface of member 7adjacent the longitudinal edges of the latter to provide feet to supporteither of said members when placed horizontally on a supporting surfaceand to protect that portion of the flexible member 13 which ispositioned at the outer surface of the respective members fromcontacting the supporting surface and prevent subjecting the fiexiblemember to wear.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. I-lowever, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe inventon to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly, all suitable modfications and equvalents may be resortedto, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A phonograph record rack comprising a pair of duplicate fiat membersof rigid material secured to each other at one edge portion in rightangularly disposed position and adapted for interchangeably positioningone member horizontally to form a base, while the other member ispositioned upright to form a back, each of said members having inner andouter rows of parallel openings, and a fiexible member laced in saidopenings to extend from the outer openings of one of said members to theouter openings of the other of said members to form a front parallel rowof inclined separators at the inner surface of said members, and saidflexible member extending along the outer surfaces of said members fromthe outer row of openings to the inner row of openings of the respectivemembers and then extending from the inner row of openings of one memberto the inner row of openings of the other of said members to form a rearparallel row of inclined separators at the inner surfaces of saidmembers and parallel to the front row of separators.

2. The construction of claim 1 and including protubera-nces at the outersurfaces of each of said members to support the latter in an elevatedposition off of the portion of the flexible member which is exposed atthe rear surface of said members.

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